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Splitting a repository

Subject: Splitting a repository

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2 messages between Oct 18, 2007 and Oct 19, 2007.

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Gonzalo Garramuno· Oct 18, 2007, 17:35 UTC · lore

I have a project I have been working on for some time and one of its 
libraries has grown too much.
I'm now wanting to split that library into a separate git repository.
I'm wondering what's the best way to go around this.  Ideally I would 
like to have:
	* all history on those library files be moved to the new repository.
	* all history on those library files be removed from the original 
repository.

or:
	* have the original repository library directory be "linked" to the new 
repository.

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Gonzalo Garramuño

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Jeff King· Oct 19, 2007, 00:33 UTC · re: Gonzalo Garramuno · lore

Re: Splitting a repository

On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 02:35:00PM -0300, Gonzalo Garramuno wrote:

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> I have a project I have been working on for some time and one of its 
> libraries has grown too much.
> I'm now wanting to split that library into a separate git repository.
> I'm wondering what's the best way to go around this.  Ideally I would like 
> to have:

Look at the documentation for "git-filter-branch". You can make a new history for each of the split parts that you want.

-Peff